Great Fencote in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Great Fencote, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

• Achebi
• Agglethorpe
• Ainderby [Mires]
• Ainderby [Quernhow]
• Aiskew
• Aldbrough
• Allerthorpe [Hall]
• Ascam
• Ascham
• Asebi
• Aske [Hall]
• Askrigg
• Aysgarth
• Baldersby

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Great Fencote is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Great Fencote.

Listed Buildings Near Great Fencote

Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Great Fencote. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Salutation Farmhouse - 0.74 km
• Scruton Grange - 0.88 km
• The Vicarage - 1.03 km
• Lancaster House and Attached Outbuildings - 1.15 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Great Fencote

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Great Fencote:

• Motte and bailey castle and medieval settlement earthworks within Hall Garth - 0.76 km

Great Fencote Today

Today Great Fencote lies within the administrative area of Kirkby Fleetham with Fencote.

Read more about modern Fencote on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Little Fencote - 0.0 km N
• Kirkby Fleetham - 1.0 km N
• Kirkby Hall - 2.0 km N
• Holtby Hall - 2.2 km SW
• Scruton - 2.2 km SE
• Little Langton - 2.8 km NE